Argylle

A bestselling spy novelist named Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard, looking painfully ill at ease in the role) finds herself caught in the middle of a real-life espionage adventure when she is targeted, along with her permanently disgruntled pet Scottish fold cat, by a shadowy syndicate with nefarious intentions. Dishevelled stranger Aidan (Sam Rockwell) seems to be protecting her. But is he who he says he is? Is she? Is anyone? Do we care? And what was Dua Lipa thinking when she agreed to the dancefloor scene?The latest…

Image: Marvel StudiosThe upcoming Deadpool 3 unexpectedly has a lot riding on it. Not only is it going to serve as the first example of how mutants and more R-rated characters will interact with the MCU, it’s also got to appease those excited by the return of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Unfortunately, it’s also got another expectation it has to meet: brigning the MCU out of the slump audiences have felt with Phase Four and 2023 in particular. Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksAccording to Argylle director Matthew…

British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn’s helmed a gonzo fantasy with a cross-dressing Robert De Niro, a vigilante superhero flick with a foul-mouthed, killer kid, and a delirious spin on Bond with Colin Firth. But Argylle, his $200 million globe-trotting espionage thriller, has proven to be his most divisive film yet. The film follows Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), a novelist/homebody whose series of spy books about Aubrey Argylle (Henry Cavill) have captured the public’s imagination. One day, she encounters an…

Film: ArgylleCast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Dua LipaDirector: Mathew VaughnRating: 1/5Runtime: 139 min. The premise here, about a reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate, being forced to realize that the plot of the new book she`s writing has started to mirror real-world events, in real time, had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the treatment here is so devoid of energy that you just about manage to…

By Jake Coyle | Associated Press A checkered mesh of mysteries have accompanied the release of Matthew Vaughn’s “Argylle.” There is the promoted one: Who is the “real” Agent Argylle? Then there’s all the (baseless) conjecture over whether argyle aficionado Taylor Swift had anything to do with the film. But most of all: Why two L’s? While we can finally put to rest the first two puzzles, we’re left to posit that the spelling must be to differentiate the movie for those who just want to buy a pair of socks. The socks would…

Comedy Spy thriller Argylle has finally started to receive reviews and it appears to be less comedy, and more thrillingly bad. Starring Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Sam Rockwell, Argylle has managed to pick up some hype due to its mysterious meta-story. The author of the book it is based on is entirely unknown and is also a character in the movie itself. It's a pretty meta situation that has led fans to speculate the mysterious author is actually an alias for someone famous. The reviews give us far…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeArgylle director Matthew Vaughn has questioned the timing of Milly Alcock’s casting as Supergirl.On Monday (29 January), Alcock, who played the young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, was revealed to have been cast as the character in the forthcoming DC film.It’s believed that CODA star Emilia Jones and Supergirl voice star Meg Donnelly…

If you’ve been to a movie theater in the past few months, odds are very high that you saw the trailer for Argylle. The latest film from director Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman, Kick-Ass) has been promoted so much, it’s become meme-worthy, especially the question of “Who is the real agent Argylle?” Well, I’m happy to report the film answers that question in a suitably enjoyable way but, in doing so, gives the audiences so much to chew on, what should be a fun, frivolous roller coaster becomes an uneven slog. Some of it’s good -…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEarly reviews for Argylle have started rolling in, and they appear to largely be panning director Matthew Vaughn’s movie.The action-thriller, based on the recently released novel of the same name – which some online theorists firmly believe was written by Taylor Swift – boasts an A-list cast of Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Bryan Cranston and Catherine O’Hara.Its plot follows the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThere is a persistent and wildly unfounded rumour – based on a handful of visual coincidences, such as the hairstyle of its main character – that Taylor Swift secretly wrote the new spy comedy Argylle. The rumour will not be quashed, unfortunately, once fans actually see the film. Echoes of the pop star are all over it, from a pivotal action scene decked out in rainbow-coloured smoke…